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In Time: Tenets of Democracy: Critical Thinking and Decision Making

For Students 9th - 10th
This critical thinking exercise and checklist is designed for teachers and students. A lesson plan can be developed here that illustrates decision-making skills and a teacher can use examples of common problems that get in the way when...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Syntax (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on syntax; All writers and speakers choose their words and the way they arrange them to make their work more powerful. You will see this in a segment of President Kennedy's speech and then in poetry; poets in...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: Douglass Prism

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read Frederick Douglass' description of slave overseer Mr. Gore and highlight catalog in blue, anadiplosis in red, and chiasmus in green.
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Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.
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Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library: Close Reading Shakespeare's Sonnets

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan teaches learners to consider diction, syntax, literary devices, and rhetorical strategies in doing a close reading of Shakespeare's sonnets.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Chiasmus

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Chiasmus" including a definition and examples.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Polysyndeton

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Polysyndeton" including a definition and literary examples.

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